Two nabbed over attempt to derail trains in Ogun
BY DAUD OLATUNJIABEOKUTA — The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State, Wednesday, said it apprehended two suspects, Popoola Sunday, 30, and Dell Taiwan 25, at Igbore...
View ArticleBody of drowned teenager recovered in Lagos
BY EVELYN USMANLAGOS — The body of a teenager who drowned, Tuesday, in Oniyanrin river in Owode village, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, was yesterday recovered by officials of the National Emergency...
View ArticleFood, water reach war-displaced in Sudan’s Darfur
A Sudanese woman from North Darfur fills jerrycans with water near the Abu Shouk camp in El-Fasher, on March 19, 2013. By Albert Gonzalez Farran (UNAMID/AFP/File) KHARTOUM, Sudan (AFP) - Food, water...
View ArticleBlack Wednesday for Dr Bwumia; NDC lawyer declares
A member of the legal team of the National Democratic Congress says today may well mark the “saddest” day in the life of the witness-in-chief of the petitioners who are challenging results of the 2012...
View ArticlePDP crises: Respect INEC report, Govs tell Tukur
By HENRY UMORU ABUJA — THE crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have taken a new twist with governors elected on the platform of the party now pushing for the full implementation of the...
View ArticleUnemployed youths urge FG to forget amnesty for Boko Haram
By SONI DANIEL ABUJA — Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck inaugurated a 25-man committee to work towards disarming members of the Boko Haram sect and granting them amnesty, thousands of...
View ArticleSix policemen, 5 Boko Haram members killed in Yobe, Borno
Residents flee as gunmen kill four cops in BornoBY BALA AJIYA & NDAHI MARAMADAMATURU — At least two policemen and five suspected members of Boko Haram died after a midnight shootout between the...
View ArticleEx-NIMASA boss didn’t benefit from contracts, says witness
A prosecution witness in the trial of former Director-General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Raymond Omatseye, has said the accused did not financially benefit from...
View ArticleLagos police smash kidnap syndicate, arrest 6
BY EVELYN USMAN AND UJU MBANUSILAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, said it had smashed a kidnap syndicate which recently relocated to Lagos from the eastern part of the country and...
View ArticleArewa youths reject Govt’s N5.8bn compensation for post-election violence
ABUJA— Northern youths, yesterday, spurned the Federal Government’s offer of N5.8 billion compensation to the families of the victims of the 2011 post-election violence that rocked most parts of the...
View ArticleEtche disown call for Amaechi’s resignation
By JIMITOTA ONOYUME PORT HARCOURT — THE people of Etche Local Government Area in Rivers State, yesterday, dissociated themselves from the call on Governor Chibuike Amaechi to resign over the crisis...
View ArticleAnambra/Kogi crisis: FG, Boundary Commission called to intervene
BY ENYIM ENYIM ONITSHA — Following the resumed clash between Enugu- Otu, Mkpumado, Eziagulu- Otu at Aguleri, Anambra State and Olu at Ibeji in Kogi State over oil well dispute, a member of Anambra...
View ArticleBayelsa govt mobilises against smear campaign
By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa – Bayelsa State Government, yesterday, engaged members of Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, and civil society groups in the state, over the planned campaign against rumour...
View ArticleQuit the hypocrisy; you also benefited from electoral fraud –Adu-Asare tells NPP
Kojo Adu-Asare Former Member of Parliament for Adentan constituency, Kojo Adu-Asare says he is baffled about "the holier than thou attitude" of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), in the ongoing hearing of...
View ArticleIf Konadu was disqualified due to errors why not Mahama – Karbo
Anthony Karbo The former National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Anthony Abaryifa Karbo says John Mahama would be asked to step down if it is established that the clerical errors...
View ArticleThe Gambia: Yahya Jammeh, PURA and Internet Café Operators acts beyond legality
By Mathew K JallowIt was a maddening reinforcement of the narrative Gambians have become all too familiar with. … Visit link: The Gambia: Yahya Jammeh, PURA and Internet Café Operators acts beyond...
View ArticleLawyers want Kenya’s Ruto ICC case postponed
William Ruto addresses supporters during a political rally in Nairobi on February 13, 2013. By Simon Maina (AFP/File) THE HAGUE (AFP) - Lawyers for Kenya's new vice president, William Ruto, have asked...
View ArticleMPAC Condemns The Terrorist Attack On The Baga Community
"O ye who believe! Be steadfast witnesses for Allah in equity, and let not hatred of any people seduce you that ye deal not justly. ...
View ArticleGender Minister calls on Acting IGP
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection on Friday said Ghana is among the first 12th countries in the World where Gender Based Violence was predominant.She has therefore...
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